Samuel C. Gwynne III is an American writer. He holds a bachelor's degree in history from

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and a master's degree in writing from

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Life and career

Gwynne was born in

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, to Sam Gwynne Jr., and grew up mainly in

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. He was educated at The Hill School, then majored in history at

, graduating in 1974. He also has a master's degree in writing from

, where he was awarded a graduate fellowship and studied under novelist John Barth. He lives in

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with his wife, the artist Katie Maratta. Prior to his career as a journalist and historian, Gwynne was a French teacher at

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in Baltimore, Maryland. He was an international banker with both Ameritrust in Cleveland, Ohio and First Interstate Bank in Los Angeles and traveled extensively overseas. He worked for ''

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'' magazine as a correspondent, bureau chief, and senior editor. He was later executive editor at ''

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''. His journalism has appeared in the ''New York Times'', ''Harper's, Los Angeles Times, Outside Magazine, Dallas Morning News, California Magazine'', and the ''Wall Street Journal,'' among others''.'' His New York Times Bestseller ''Empire of the Summer Moon'' (2010) was a finalist for the

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in the General Nonfiction category and a finalist for the

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– also a ''New York Times'' Bestseller – was a finalist for the PEN Award for Literary Biography and for the National Book Critics Circle Award in history. He is also the author of ''The Perfect Pass: American Genius and the Reinvention of Football'' (2016), and, most recently, ''Hymns of the Republic: the Story of The Final Year of the American Civil War (''2019)''.'' His newest book, ''His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine'', was released on May 2, 2023.

Works

*''Selling Money'', Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986, . * ''The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI'', Random House, 1993 *''Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History'', Scribner, 2010, . * * ''The Perfect Pass: American Genius and the Reinvention of Football'', Scribner, 2016, * ''Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War'', Scribner, 2019, * ''His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine,'' Scribner, 2023.

Awards

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for Magazines for a series of articles on the BCCI scandal *Jack Anderson Award For Best Investigative Reporting *National Headliners Club Award for Reporting *Oklahoma Book Award *Texas Book Award *John Hancock award for Excellence in Financial Reporting *National City and Regional Magazine Award for Writer of the Year *Selected for "Best American Crime Writing" 2006 *Finalist for 2011 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction (Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History)

References

External links

Official website
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